Myhill MB BS
I’m livid! I’m banging my fists in FURY on my desk this Sunday morning in London
UK at the constant harassment of Dr Sarah Myhill, MB BS, by the wretched General
Medical Council (GMC) quango. This most excellent doctor is a lifeline support
for many thousands of patients, particularly those suffering from the much
misunderstood illness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
(ME/CFS) whom she treats with respect, compassion, kindness, understanding and
consummate professionalism.
No patient has ever complained about Dr Myhill. Yet certain pig-sick jealous
doctors skulking disreputably in the shadows seem to be making it their shoddy
life’s work to do Dr Myhill harm without any just cause by making anonymous
complaints about her. This latest assault is a GMC Interim Orders Panel that is
trying to rip Dr Myhill’s medical licence off her whilst refusing to allow her
to defend herself. She is to be presumed guilty without trial. This goes
completely contrary to the law in Britain and represents stunning injustice.
I’ve had enough of this. Many thousands of us have. So to this end I am today
using the enormous power and reach of the One Click health advocacy pressure
group to help this good doctor by launching the Support Dr Myhill Campaign.
Do you think it’s wrong for her to be persecuted like this by this awful GMC
quango? Do you like the work of One Click and frequently read the information
published on our website? Then please get involved to help Dr Myhill.
For the many thousands of doctors that read One Click, please remember that this
could happen to you too. Any time. For those based in the UK, you are actually
personally paying for this GMC obscenity. Do something about it.
Take a look at Dr Myhill’s website at
www.drmyhill.co.uk and see what she does. Click on the link
HERE to see
what the GMC has been trying to do to Dr Myhill for years. Read Dr Myhill’s Open
Letter to us all published below. Let your fingers do the walking. Rain emails
down at the GMC address provided below in such quantity that the GMC servers
collapse. Ring them up. Fax them. Please help to orchestrate such a protest
cacophony that the GMC never dares to hassle Dr Myhill on such spurious and
risible grounds again.
I personally will be attending Dr Myhill’s Interim Orders Panel Hearing in
London to provide support on 29th April (full details below) and I suggest that
all of you who can, do the same. Remember that this is the good doctor who broke
her neck in a riding accident a few years ago. So steadfast was she and so
concerned for the welfare of her patients that she was back at work after just
two weeks, so great is her dedication to her patients. It is time for us to pay
this dedication back.
Please give the GMC such a bloody nose that they never try to pull a stunt like
this again. Please help Dr Myhill by joining hands across the world to protect
this doctor that cares and has done so much good for so many.
ACT NOW!
Thank you.
Jane Bryant
The One Click Group
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Dr Sarah Myhill
April 9th 2010
Dear All
Re: The GMC is about to withdraw my licence to practice
On Thursday, April 8th 2010 at 10am I was ordered by the GMC to attend an
Interim Orders Panel on Monday April 12th with a view to withdrawing my licence
to practise (Case Reference: PB/C1-314994282). The GMC have now postponed this
initial Hearing to April 29th. It will be in London at 10:30 on Thursday 29
April 2010 at the offices of the General Medical Council, Regent’s Place, 350
Euston Road, London NW1 3JN. Under Section 33a of Imposing Interim Orders April
2008 Guidance I have asked that the IOP be held in public
One week ago I received a complaint about my website, to which I have yet to
reply. However, on the basis of this unsubstantiated complaint by an anonymous
complainant (I am told the name but not who he/she is), the GMC have decided
that “there is a potential risk to public safety”. There are no specific
allegations, I am not being allowed to defend myself against any such
allegations, I may have to wait a further 18 months for such a hearing when my
licence could then be restored, i.e. I am presumed guilty until I can prove my
innocence. This is the opposite to normal English law.
No patient has complained, no patient has been harmed and no patient has been
put at any risk of harm. However, should I lose my licence, patients will
certainly be put at risk of harm; partly because they will be denied access to
medication essential to their well being, partly because they will lose access
to tests and partly because I will be unable to support patients in applications
for DLA and other such medico-legal issues.
I have applied for a postponement on the grounds that the time scale is too
short for me to appoint representation. The GMC’s normal practice is to give
doctors seven days’ notice.
PLEASE HELP! By
Emailing the GMC on pbridge@gmc-uk.org
Telephoning Mr Paul Bridge on 0161 923 6417
Faxing Mr Adam Elliott on 0207 189 5177
Post to Mr Paul Bridge, General Medical Council, 3 Hardman St, Manchester M3 3AW
quoting Case Reference: PB/C1-314994282
To say:
That you find the website a helpful source of information; that your health will
be put at risk if you are unable to avail yourself of my services as a doctor;
request to attend a future Fitness to Practice Hearing to give evidence that you
have been helped by information from my website. Ask the GMC to acknowledge your
concerns.
If my licence is withdrawn then I will continue to practise within the
limitations laid down by the GMC. In reality my advice to patients will be
unchanged, but I shall not be so empowered as to put in place all the
interventions that so many patients have found helpful! Please, fight alongside
me. I have to remain cool, calm, and collected in my dealings with the GMC, but
you can get angry and emotional – so please do! I will keep you all updated on
my website.
Best wishes,
Sarah Myhill
www.drmyhill.co.uk
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